Staff          Director: Gay Hennessy          E-mail: ghennessy@teachersonreserve.com Gay, a California native, is the owner of Teachers On Reserve, LLC and served as Director of Substitute Services for the original corporation. She is an experienced educator with an administrative background in private and public school education. She also has 15 years experience as the CEO of her own film company. Gay graduated from Scripps College with a double major and received her M.A. in Education from Claremont Graduate School. She has both a California Lifetime Multiple-Subjects Teacher’s Credential and a California Administrative Credential. She is the busy mother of a middle school student.          Coordinator: Diane Ventura          E-mail dventura@teachersonreserve.com Diane was born and educated in upstate New York where she worked as an arts-in-education specialist for several school districts. She co-founded the Capital District Shakespearefest and served as the NY State Director of the Odyssey of the Mind Program. Since moving to Los Angeles, she has worked as an Outreach Education Manager for Mt. St. Mary’s College and in the private sector as R&D Director for the Color Me Mine Corporation. She has worked for Teachers On Reserve since 2002 and is currently overseeing many aspects of the company’s growth.          Recruitment Manager: Skye McKenzie          E-mail: recruiter@teachersonreserve.com Skye McKenzie uses his background as a teaching artist and actor/director to bring a unique perspective to the Recruiting Department of Teachers On Reserve. In NY he founded Live History Productions, an arts-in-education company that created programs which brought historical characters to life, raised multicultural awareness with Folktales from Around the World and introduced over 10,000 students to the works of William Shakespeare. He has worked for Teachers On Reserve since 2005. His careful evaluation of our teacher candidates has maintained and strengthened our pool of substitute teachers.          Lead Dispatcher: Aja Whipper          E-mail: dispatcher@teachersonreserve.com Aja was born and raised in the beautiful state of Hawaii. She moved to Los Angeles to attend USC, where she graduated with a degree in Architecture. In her spare time she enjoys working with her husband on music and arts projects and designs and sells her own line of custom greeting cards. Aja began working with Teachers On Reserve in the fall of 2001 as a part-time dispatcher and now manages the always-busy dispatch department.